General Weather History
The month in which the three tornado super-outbreaks all occurred
What is April?
This is how many SPC high risks, total, were issued in 2015 and 2016
What is 0?
The costliest disaster on the list!
What is hurricane Katrina?
Shear, moisture, lift, and this parameter are crucial for the development of severe convection
What is instability
Hurricanes need water above this temperature to survive
What is 26.5ºC
The year in which the costliest winter storm ever struck the east coast
The year with the most SPC high risks!
What is 2010
The year with the most billion dollar disasters
What is 2011?
The state that sees the most tornadoes in the US
What is Texas
This categorical outlook is in effect for a point with a 10% hatched tornado risk, 30% hatched wind risk, and 45% unhatched hail risk.
What is Enhanced
The day of October during which a 955mb cyclone swept a serial derecho through the central Plains in 2010
What is the 26th?
The max tornado probability of the deadliest high risk
What is 45%
The deadliest event on the list
What is Hurricane Maria
The 2013 El Reno tornado was rated, and the rating many think it deserved.
What is EF3, EF5
On the old NWS radar display, five warnings appeared when issued. This was the one that was only on the key for some offices.
What is an extreme wind warning
This state was hit by what was, at the time, the widest tornado ever. That tornado's width was surpassed in 2013 and 2020, though.
What is Nebraska?
The longest consecutive streak of SPC high risk days occurred in this year
What is 1991?
What are the 2011 superoutbreak, the Iowa derecho, and the late May 2011 tornado outbreak sequence
This state sees the most tornadoes in August, on average
What is Florida
I'm stuck on a desert island and must forecast p-type in Norman. I hear rumors from the weather-savvy seagulls that it'll be 34º at 925mb and 31º at 850mb. This is the one parameter should I check to make the forecast.
What is surface wet bulb temperature?
One of the two years included in the ArkStorm scenario simulation
What is 1969 OR 1986? (either one works)
The day of the most recent high risk that was wind-driven alone
What is June 3rd 2014?
The deadliest event that's not a hurricane
What is the 1980 heat wave
These are some ways to diagnose an EML on a sounding, and the height to look at. Name three!
What are sudden dramatic t/td spread around 700mb, inversion around 700mb, SW-ly flow around 700mb, lapse rates above 7ºC/km between 700 and 500mb.